Uh oh! I just discovered this, currently the top story over on the Men’s Rights subreddit:
Yes, my sisters (and honorary mangina man-sisters), Russell Brand has dealt a severe blow to Operation Alimony, which (as you well know, at least if you’ve been attending the meetings) is our dastardly Feminazi plot to destroy the patriarchy by getting pretty ladies to marry and divorce rich dudes and take all their money.
You may remember our wild revelry when we heard that comrade-ess Heather Mills had walked off (no jokes please) with £24.3 million of Paul McCartney’s man money. And the joyful tears we shed when we heard that Mel Gibson’s ex-wife had (reportedly) scored a cool $425 million in her divorce settlement.
But today, we shed only the bitterest of tears. We have not only been thwarted, but we’ve also been exposed! Damn those Men’s Rights Redditors and their evil allies at the Daily Mail!
The comments in the r/mensrights thread show that they understand our evil plans all too well. How can we respond to Aetheralloy’s withering critique?
Feminists see the absurdity of their own pushed polices?
LOL no. No they won’t. I’d sooner expect scientologists to ask their psychiatrist if they are in a cult.
But ladies! Do not despair! Russell Brand may have set back our efforts, but he, and his Reddit allies, shall not defeat us!
Ladies, you know what to do. Get yourself all prettied up, hit the town, and snag yourself some rich dudes! Let’s see how many of these guys we can have married off by the end of the year.
Marrying (and divorcing) rich dudes: it’s the feminist way!
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I repeat: Why are you people being so hostile? You didn’t answer the question. And no, it’s never anyone’s fault for being abused. And I am sure that people with low self-esteem have healthy relationships. I certainly did when my self-esteem was in the gutter! (Not!)
And you’re still doing it. Surprise, surprise.
@Alphalady
I have a cousin in China, do you mind dropping off a package for me?
Actually, people have answered your question. Maybe you should read back. Or if you’d rather not do that maybe the universe will tell you. You could also ask your favorite author again.
How’s your marriage going, Dracula?
What the bloody hell are you talking about?
Who’s your favorite author, Snowy?
Meditation is the key here. Now if we can just get her to say “ohm” instead of “me”.
Um… I have low self-esteem and happy relationships. I can’t just “make myself confident.” I can act confident (but it takes a lot out of me, and I want to be honest with my partners), I can apply logic to what my brain is telling me, I can cope… but I still hate myself sometimes, and I don’t know how to fix it.
And fuck you if you think that I shouldn’t date people because of that. Not “you should watch and make sure the people you’re dating aren’t taking advantage of your low self-esteem,” but that I shouldn’t date people at all…? Yeah. No.
This is across the line in, like, 7 ways.
David, I sniff a troll… would you like to do a sockpuppet check on a certain meowvelous “bon vivant writer”?
Hey not everyone with a healthy relationship wants to get married….not everyone can (gay marriage. *cough* *cough*)
Seriously fuck off
This is across the line in, like, 7 ways.
And a complete non sequitur.
Once again, not to be weird or anything, and I promise I’m not actually hitting on you, Dracula, but…
Quick poll. Dracula with his low self-esteem and his generally awesome personality, or alphalady with her annoying platitudes and her sneaky victim-blaming – who would everyone here rather date?
Patricia Highsmith. Unfortunately she’s dead so I guess from now on I’ll just have to ask Steven Carter the positive-thinking relationship expert all my passive aggressive questions about people who comment on blogs!
Feminism is like a smoke in the air.
Not that you asked me, but Terry Pratchett!
Terribly negative, Pratchett. I mean, one of his favorite characters is Death.
I am happily married to a wonderful man whom I love dearly and respect. I never verbally abused eg. said “fuck you” to anyone on this blog. (There I go, being ‘condescending’ again!) I have high self-esteem, after years of self work. Feel free to hate me.
P.S. — No, ozymandias42, you should not date people when you have low self-esteem. EVER! (Been there, done that!)
Explore Nature’s comments are like smoke out his ass.
Drac came to my party! Also he doesn’t believe I shouldn’t have relationships! So Drac.
“Feminism is like a smoke in the air.”
And the MRM is like dust in the wind, man. Dust in the wind.
Pass the bong, please.
haha wtf explore nature
Why are all the trolls being so non sequitur today!?
Aw, thanks Ozy! I had a very nice time.
CassandraSays Once again, not to be weird or anything, and I promise I’m not actually hitting on you, Dracula, but…
Yes, you are hitting on Dracula…
(if you don’t like my ‘annoying platitudes,’ then why do they seem to annoy you so much? Is it because I’m married?)